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John Briggs

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: January 24, 1934 in Natoma, CA us

Died: December 25, 2018 in Murphys, CA

Buried: Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Folsom, CA

High School: Folsom HS (Folsom, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 22-084d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. MLN 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 4, 1960 (Age 26-224d)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Jonathan Tift Briggs

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.00

165.2

WHIP

1.545

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-23 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 13

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	31	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.53	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.006	.21	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	32	9	Apr 30	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	8-GF	W(1-0)	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.86	6	2	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.205	3.46	0.29%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	33	14	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	5-7	L(1-1)	3	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.60	5.73	10	0	3	0	0	3		2	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.272	4.40	-0.44%	-1.00	5b 12- 2 out a1	7b 12- 2 out d1
4	34	20	May 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	8-GF		8	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.96	9	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.006	1.40	-0.01%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
5	35	32	May 29(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	6-GF(8)		15	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.70	4.13	11	5	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.123	3.22	0.27%	1.53	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	36	33	May 29(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	7-8	W(2-1)	-1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.94	4	2	2	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.064	2.19	0.13%	1.29	7b 123 2 out d2	8b 3 out d1
7	37	35	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.99	6	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.022	.72	0.05%	1.00	8b 1-- 1 out a5	9b end a 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	38	39	Jun 4	CLE		DET	L,4-7	8-9		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	3.73	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.236	9.62	0.63%	0.95	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
9	39	48	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	9-GF		9	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	3.65	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.007	1.01	0.02%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	40	50	Jun 15(2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-13	8-8		0	0.2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	3.61	5	0	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.026	.39	-0.08%	-3.12	8t 12- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d8
11	41	54	Jun 19(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	8-8		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.04	4.28	4	1	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.007	.14	-0.02%	-0.53	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
12	42	58	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	8-8	W(3-1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	4.24	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	0.104	6.16	0.20%	0.47	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
13	43	59	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	4.15	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.46	0.016	2.18	0.05%	0.95	7t -23 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
14	44	65	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-9	6-7		5	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.91	4.56	10	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.006	.19	-0.02%	-2.03	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	45	68	Jul 3(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-5	GS-7	W(4-1)	2	6.2	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.49	4.64	30	6	11	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.33	0.126	1.25	0.29%	-0.74	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a7
16	46	71	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	4.60	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.016	1.88	0.05%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
17	47	74	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	1-1		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	4.53	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.005	3.78	-0.01%	0.11	1b -2- 0 out d2	1b 3 out d3
18	48	76	Jul 10(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	6-7		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.16	4.31	4	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.036	1.72	0.11%	0.71	6b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
19	49	80	Jul 17(2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	GS-5	L(4-2)	6	4.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.57	4.03	18	5	5	0	0	4	43			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.134	4.03	-0.35%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out a1
20	50	83	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	8-8	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	4.01	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.069	11.20	0.18%	0.58	8t -23 0 out a3	8t -23 1 out a3
21	51	86	Jul 24(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	1-2		3	0.2	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.46	4.23	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.183	4.63	-0.36%	-2.58	1b -2- 2 out d1	2b -23 1 out d3
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics
22	52	93	Jul 31(2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-6	6-7		6	2.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.46	4.17	10	4	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-1.07	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	53	96	Aug 4(1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-1	L(4-3)	3	0.0	2	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.40	4.74	5	0	0	0	0	2	27			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.331	.00	0.00%	-4.39	1b start tie	1b 1-- 0 out d4
24	54	99	Aug 6	KCA		NYY	L,4-16	5-5		1	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.34	4.82	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-2.84	5t --- 0 out d5	5t 123 0 out d6
25	55	108	Aug 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-8	4-4	L(4-4)	6	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.92	5.19	6	3	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.388	.00	0.00%	-3.45	4b 1-- 0 out a1	4b -2- 2 out d3
26	56	114	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,0-10	5-GF		5	4.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	6.44	4.81	16	5	3	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.57	5t -23 2 out d9	9t end d10
27	57	119	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.29	4.71	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
28	58	121	Aug 26(2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-11	4-6		0	1.1	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.70	5.02	9	0	3	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-3.24	4b 123 2 out d3	6b -23 0 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	59	132	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	L,2-10	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	6.42	5.07	9	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.99	6t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d8
							6-23		W-L:4-4,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.4	47.2	51	37	34	27	27	7	1	6.42	5.07	212	0.95		6%	7%	46	37	22	27%	5	1	0	178	7	3	0	9	2	1	.63	-0.460	1.89	0.99%	-12.54

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